1. Peer reviews of national evaluations
TÓTH Gábor
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit
ESF Evaluation Partnership meeting, 15 March 2017, Brussels

2. Purpose
Discuss plans on evaluation peer reviews by the Evaluation Helpdesk

3. Objectives of evaluation peer reviews
Identify good quality evaluations
Learn about the strengths and weaknesses in the practice of evaluation of cohesion policy
Feed/inform the training and methodological support

4. Lessons
Presentation by Lydia Greunz, Evaluation Helpdesk, in Milan ESF EPM, October 2016

5. Way ahead? How to respond to the lessons?
How to use the reviews more directly for learning and evaluation capacity building?

6. Way ahead
Associate Managing Authorities and/or evaluators to the peer review meetings
Support capacity building of critical aspects of the evaluation cycle
Showcase approach: Support
Identify interesting evaluations
Support critical stages throughout the evaluation cycle
'Byproduct': good quality showcase evaluations

7. Way ahead: additional tools
Assessing ‘evaluation dossiers’
Instead of final reports only
Template for assessment of evaluations
Assessment criteria
Self-assessment

8. Way ahead: additional tools (cont.)
Practical, specific guidelines, good practices
Wider dissemination of findings
Reports
Partnership meetings

9. Way ahead: next peer reviews
Pilot
Maltese ERDF evaluation (April)
Complete evaluation dossier
Two ESF evaluations
Candidates?
Completed or ongoing evaluations preferably on impacts
End of June, early July